Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Mark Geary

  Ghosts

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  An understudy of Jeff Buckley and touring mate of the Frames, Dubliner (by way of Manhattan) Mark Geary displays an enviable quality for a...

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  Redbird

  Redbird

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  While first released independently two years ago in the U.S., Red Bird is not the kind of album that comes with an expiration date. It is t...

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  Dub Trinity and Chet Singh

  Dub Trinity and Chet Singh

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Drum & bass duo Dub Trinity have their priorities straight — this ultra-socially conscious musical collective has set out to tear a strip o...

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  Jahranimo

  Real Life

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Dancehall is spiralling downward, burdened under too much hip-hop influence. US-style production has been chiselling away the uniqueness of...

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  Mike Ford

  Canada Needs You (Volume One)

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  At first listen, Canada Needs You is a mishmash of styles (some well done, some only valiantly attempted), a collection of semi-historic so...

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  Backstabbers

  Deep, Dark & Dangerous

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Last time I checked, Toronto had neither hide nor hair of any sort of mountain but listening to Deep, Dark & Dangerous, I’m convinced Queen...

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  Blue Seeds

  The Blue Seeds

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  At their best, as represented by album opener "Barcelona,” Montreal’s the Blue Seeds sound like an indie Portishead with Brian Connelly hel...

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  Waifs

  A Brief History of…

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  The release of a live album is long overdue for this band who make their living one night at a time in bars and concert halls around the wo...